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Inn 1684 y․

NKR / Fizuli / Gharghabazar

Historical Introduction
1684 y․

During the last period of the Persian rule, when a Persian mosque (1682) and cara-van-saray (1684) were built by Armenian masons.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 223.

Architectural Description
1960 y․

Visiting the village in the sixties S. Barkhudarian observed: “The external walls of the whole caravan-saray are built of coarse stone, while the inner guest rooms and especially the hall are faced by processed stone. The hall arches are built in the form of a horseshoe. The entire building is constructed in the best traditions of Armenian architecture. A scratched inscription made by unskilled hand on the pillar of the central arch of the hall tells.

"Divan of Armenian Epigraphic", issue 5, Yerevan 1982, p. 191.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 223.

Inscription, Armenian, Commemoration 1681 y․

A scratched inscription made by unskilled hand on the pillar of the central arch of the hall tells:
“I, JLIVARD, CAME. YEAR 1681...

"Divan of Armenian Epigraphic", issue 5, Yerevan 1982, p. 191.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 223.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan